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NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
SARA BAREILLES NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Tuesday 7:00pm
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Sara Bareilles as she gives a career spanning performance at the Kennedy Center. From her early hits to new unreleased songs, this extended episode is packed with music performed live with the National Symphony Orchestra, Rufus Wainwright, Emily King, David Ryan Harris and features appearances from Ben Folds, Madison Cunningham and Renée Elise Goldsberry
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GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION 2025
Wednesday 7:00pm
Ring in 2025 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in this beloved annual concert. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville hosts the traditional concert for the eighth consecutive year, commemorating the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss. Showcasing the talents of the orchestra accompanied by on-location dance sequences with the Vienna State Ballet, the program also takes audiences on a tour of The Leopold Museum, the grand Südbahn Hotel, the mountains of the Semmering Hirschenkogel ski resort and more. Guest conducted by two-time Grammy winner Riccardo Muti for the seventh year.
REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JIMMY CARTER
Friday 9:00pm
With the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, PBS encores this two-hour American Experience from season 23. The two-hour film traces Carter's rapid ascent in politics, his dramatic fall from grace, and his unexpected resurrection post-presidency.
GET READY TO TRAVEL! AN ALL NEW SEASON OF SAMANTHA BROWN
SAMANTHA BROWN'S PLACES TO LOVE
Season Premiere
Friday 8:00pm
It’s an all-new season of one of our favorite travel guides and this time one episode brings Samantha Brown back to Louisiana.
In the premiere episode, Samantha explores Costa Rica's beauty, starting at Mistico Park with its hanging bridges and wildlife. At Vida Campesina, she learns about organic farming before taking a safari cruise on the Rio Sarapiqui, spotting exotic birds and crocodiles. She visits the Organization for Tropical Studies and an organic pineapple farm. Meeting the indigenous Maleku people, she witnesses their cultural preservation. At the luxurious Rio Celeste Hideaway Hotel, she relaxes under a tree sloth. At night, she explores the rainforest and concludes her trip with exhilarating whitewater tubing in the Rio Celeste.
Next Friday, Sam visits places in and around New Orleans.
A NEW BRIT-COM TO BRIGHTEN THE NIGHT
UP THE WOMEN
New Series Premiere
Saturday 8:00pm
Who knew Edwardian women could be so saucy?
This charming and downright cheeky sitcom follows the efforts of timid yet radical Edwardian matron Margaret as she seeks to bring women’s suffrage to her small village of Banbury. Point of trivia: The phrase “Up the women” is often associated with the British suffragette movement, where “up” is used as a rallying cry, essentially meaning “raise up the women.”
COMING NEXT WEEK TO LPB SUNDAY NIGHTS!
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WHAT TO WATCH AND WHEN: THIS WEEK ON LPB
Season 4 finds the unlikely detective duo in Vienna in 1909, where the double murder of a senior public official and an arms dealer in police custody has shaken the city to its core. Freudian psychoanalyst Max Liebermann has only just returned from a lecture tour in America when Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt asks for help in what could be the most dangerous case of their careers.
Working together on an increasingly perilous investigation, Oskar and Max uncover a conspiracy that leads to the heart of the government. Can they stop the seditious mole known as “Mephisto” from destroying the Austro-Hungarian Empire? And will their lives ever be the same?
Binge all four episodes on the night of the broadcast premiere with your LPB Passport benefit!
VIENNA BLOOD | SEASON PREMIERE | SUNDAY 9:30PM
MONDAY
7pm - Antiques Roadshow Appraisals that exude a celebratory spirit including an Alexander Calder mobile.
8pm - Antiques Roadshow An eye-catching collection of standouts from the Roadshow "body" of work.
9pm - Help! We Bought a Village There are wedding bells at an Italian borgo, and a French hamlet's glamping site opens.
10pm - POV Who I Am Not A South African beauty queen faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex.
TUESDAY
7pm - Next at the Kennedy Center Singer Sara Bareilles takes the stage in this New Year's Eve special.
8:30pm - Next at the Kennedy Center ENCORE Singer Sara Bareilles takes the stage in this New Year's Eve special.
10pm - Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize An all-star tribute to this dynamic musical duo.
WEDNESDAY
7pm - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2025 The annual beloved concert featuring (again!) Hugh Bonneville.
8:30pm - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2025 ENCORE The annual beloved concert featuring (again!) Hugh Bonneville.
10pm - Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize This luxury British hotel delivers glamour during the holiday season.
THURSDAY
7pm - Father Brown Brenda faces ghosts from her past and becomes embroiled in a dispute that ends in murder.
7:45pm - La Veillée LPB SPECIAL FOCUS A weekly look at the happenings, culture, and people of French-speaking Louisiana.
8pm - Doc Martin An ex-flames shows up on Martin's doorstep and makes an offer he can't refuse.
8:45pm - Behind the Glory LPB SPECIAL FOCUS The decorated sports writing career of Ron Higgins.
9pm - Death in Paradise An island-wide blackout causes havoc in Honore.
10pm - Highclere: Behind the Scenes A behind-the-scenes look at running the great house and gardens that stood in for Downton Abbey.
FRIDAY
7pm - Louisiana: The State We're In LPB SPECIAL FOCUS
7:30pm - Washington Week with The Atlantic Roundtable discussion about the week's major news.
8pm - Samantha Brown's Places to Love SEASON PREMIERE Sam visits northern Costa Rica in the season premiere.
8:30pm - Art Rocks! The Series LPB SPECIAL FOCUS Baton Rouge artist Deborah Luke.
9pm - AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Jimmy Carter The intellectual evolution and political legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr.
SATURDAY
7pm - Last of the Summer Wine Compo sets out to settle an old debt. The gang tags along.
7:30pm - Upstart Crow Will's controversial new play is stolen. Could it turn out to be a good thing?
8pm - Up the Women SERIES PREMIERE A new comedy about the suffrage movement in early 20th century Britain.
8:30pm - The Office With the threat of layoffs in the air, David hires a new temp!
9pm - Hope Street A farmer dies under suspicious circumstances and Callum gets a new girlfriend.
10:30pm - Austin City Limits Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
11:30pm - The Caverns Sessions The Texas Gentlemen
SUNDAY
7pm - Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets Investigating Marie Antoinette - the doomed queen.
8pm -All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE In the season 4 finale - James tries to get home for Christmas and Skeldale House prepares for a new arrival. Watch the season premiere of season 5 next week!
9:30pm - Vienna Blood SEASON PREMIERE Oskar needs Max's help to identify a high-powered traitor who threatens the very existence of the Austro-Hungarian empire and goes by the code name Mephisto. Binge the entire season and seasons past with LPB PASSPORT.
NEW ZIGGY! STREAM NOW
Ready for a laugh-out-loud adventure?
Check out Ziggy's Arts Adventure Funnies!
Get your daily dose of humor with these short digital jokes. Plus, stream Season 2 and get ready for all-new episodes coming in January! Visit ziggy.lpb.org for more.
Visit ziggy.lpb.org and check out the new behind-the-scenes look at this LPB children's puppet series featuring Louisiana art and culture!
WAYS TO SUPPORT LPB
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